FTSE ends day slightly up

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The benchmark FTSE 100 closed up 16 points at 4,207 today after UK stocks ended on a mixed note. ...

The benchmark FTSE 100 closed up 16 points at 4,207 today after UK stocks ended on a mixed note. Abbey National shed 10p to 502p after the bank announced pretax profit at its consumer unit is running up to 15% lower in 2003 compared to last year. Electronic Data Processing rose 16p to 78.5p. The provider of data-processing services for the industry said it introduced Quantum VS Highway - a service for the electronic transmission and archiving of business documents. Meanwhile, Goldshield Group dropped 32.5p to 180p after the company announced fiscal full- year profit w...

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